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wow, i haven’t posted in a VERY LONG TIME. so sorry about that! i’ve been in the chem lab so much i think i glow in the dark now haha..
ANYWAY, i stumbled upon this great cover by the bird and the bee today and i think it’s really interesting so i thought i’d share. i’m not a big rihanna fan, but i love love love the bird and the bee and their take on this song is really good.
i saw them in concert about a year ago and they’re pretty great live. Inara was carrying a bubble machine as she performed (she was kinda drunk btw) and she poured a bottle of beer in the machine and created beer bubbles. it was hilarious/entertaining/delicious. free drinks!
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The beginning of Treasure Finger’s new mix of Miike Snow’s “Animal” reminds me of the awesome karaoke songs that my uncle would sing with his Chinese drunk buddies. Bleep-heavy and synth tastic. Picture a Chinese woman in a sarong walking down the beach. Hot. Anyway, I still love the song.
Filed under: listen. | Tags: listen., m.i.a., nasa, nick zinner, santogold, spank rock
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Oh my god I am going to seriously piss my pants when this album comes out on Feb 17th (check out the tracklisting). I love what I’m hearing already and also having Spank Rock on a song makes me giggly inside. Keep in mind this track is just a preview so its not going to be the best quality in the world. Also, make sure to check it out NASA if you’re in New York at le poisson rouge, Jan 29th.
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So Minty Fresh Beats decided to pull a Danger Mouse and mixed together Radiohead with Jay-Z to make Jaydiohead. Some of the tracks are a little awkward together but its a listenable album for the most part. Nothing too great to go nuts about but definitely give it a listen just to see what these 2 artists would sound mixed together.
Tracklisting:
1. Wrong Prayer
2. 99 Anthems
3. No Karma
4. Lucifer’s Jigsaw
5. Optimistic Moment
6. Dirt Off Your Android
7. Dreaming Up
8. Change Order
9. Fall In Step
10. Ignorant Swan
Filed under: download. | Tags: hip-hop, japanese cartoon, lupe fiasco, mp3
But this time, it’s not REALLY Lupe Fiasco, well, but it is, but it’s not, but it is but it’s not… BUT IT IS…
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JAPANESE CARTOON – ARMY
JAPANESE CARTOON – HEIRPLANES
Beatcakes along with apparently everyone and their moms in the blogosphere found this nice surprise in their inbox today:
When you’re one of the greatest emcees of the modern generation readying your bow from hip-hop with three albums, what do you do meanwhile? In Lupe Fiasco’s case, you simply watch a film, get invigorated, start a band, begin making not so bad post-indie punk music in a faux British accent, think of a peculiar band name (cue “Japanese Cartoon”), create a MySpace page, & upload the music. Then act like it isn’t you but rather Percival Fats. Cool.
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Play those keyboards. Play them hard. Anyway, The Twelves and Cicada played a Bacardi party recently and were asked to remix each other’s songs. The other is The Twelves’ “Be My Crush” that I’m not too into but I am absolutely obsessed with this The Twelves remix right now. Its got your smooth The Twelves sound to it that I’m starting to love.
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Love me some Kurtis Blow. Happy early holidays!
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I know this song is a bit old but Erol Alkans’ remix has been killing hypem for the past couple of days for god knows what reason. If you’ve heard both versions, you’ll know that the “remix” sounds practically the same as the original, which by the way is already a pretty awesome song. Moral of the story: don’t call something a remix if you’re just replaying the original.
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I love how this picture looks like Flosstradamus and Caroline just finished frolicking in a bamboo forest and then decided to get really contemplative about it. If you love your synth pop, you should def download this song; its catchy as hell.
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More NASA stuff for you guys if you can’t get enough for now. Seriously their songs should be labeled as “NASA featuring A SHIT TON OF OTHER PEOPLE”. The song is pretty okay; nothing too stellar but is a good sampling of what NASA has to offer. If you love Obey and Shepard Fairey like I am, make sure to watch the video.
EDIT: Also for those who don’t want to watch the video, you can stream “Money” at ANTI (Thanks to Kathy)
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DJ Falcon’s set for the Banana Split 2 Year Anniversary is out courtesy of Asian Dan. The set is a really interesting mix of music..You got R Kelly’s “I’m a Flirt” in there, some Daft Punk, Ying Yang Twins, I think some Spank Rock and Prince’s “Erotic City” (which is completely underused in mixes. This song is amazing!). However, I think the highlight of it is the first couple of minutes; its a mash up of Alan Braxe’s and Fred Falke’s “Rubicon” and DJ Deeon’s “Let Me Bang”. Its a great mix of smooth, clean French electronic music with DJ Deeon’s dirty lyrics about “big booty bitches”.
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This is a little delayed but lifes been busy. Check out this new song by NASA with a gajillion “cool” people on it. It almost reminds me those remixes in mainstream hip hop where everyone and their mother gets on it and all the sudden the song is like 5 minutes long of nonsensical rapping (“Touch It” remix by Busta Rhymes anyone?). It actually looks like the majority of NASA’s upcoming album “The Spirit of Apollo” is going to be like that, but whatever, if its a good song and it makes sense then who the hell cares right? I’m also peeing my pants about the Amanda Blank song on here.
Tracklisting for “The Spirit of Apollo”:
1. Intro
2. The People Tree – David Byrne, Chali 2na, Gift Of Gab & Z-Trip
3. Money – David Byrne, Chuck D, Ras Congo, Seu Jorge & Z-Trip
4. N.A.S.A. Music – Method Man, E-40 & DJ Swamp
5. Way Down – RZA, Barbie Hatch & John Frusciante
6. Hip Hop – KRS-ONE, Fatlip & Slim Kid Tre
7. Four Rooms, Earth View
8. Strange Enough – Karen O, Ol’ Dirty Bastard & Fatlip
9. Spacious Thoughts – Tom Waits & Kool Keith
10. Gifted – Kanye West, Lykke Li & Santogold
11. A Volta – Sizzla, Amanda Blank & Lovefoxxx
12. There’s a Party – George Clinton & Chali 2na
13. Whachadoin? – Spank Rock, M.I.A., Santogold & Nick Zinner
14. O Pato – Kool Kojak & DJ Bãboa
15. Samba Soul – Del Tha Funkee Homosapien & DJ Qbert
16. The Mayor – The Cool Kids, Ghostface Killah, DJ AM & Scarface
17. N.A.S.A. Anthem
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“Secret” is taken from their forthcoming Call And Response: The Remix Album release (which drops December 9th). Adam Levine’s voice meshes so well with this Preemo remix. So chill, I love. Thanks to rockthedub.
Bonus: “Harder to Breathe” f/ the Cool Kids
Filed under: download. | Tags: download., esso, justice, mp3, nero, oh!, remix, uffie
DOWNLOAD “The Party” featuring Uffie by Justice with Esso freestyle here
DOWNLOAD “So Many Windows” by Oh! with Esso and Nero freestyle here
Esso’s publicist looks like hes been swamping people’s inboxes with his freestyle over Justice’s “The Party”. Its not particularly innovative but his verse is a nice touch on one of my favorite songs. Also, after just doing a quick google search on Esso, hes got a remix over “So Many Windows” by Oh! which is pretty amazing too and could be downloaded here. If you check out his MySpace, hes also got freestyles over “Paper Planes” (who doesn’t nowadays) and “Get Fresh” which weren’t particularly amazing and therefore not posted. Pretty interesting that hes going towards mixing “indie” rap but who knows if anything’s going to come of him.
